The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-15

DURING . drill Of sappers at Jass- Bereny,
the capital OF Zaxyga, Hungary, recently
dynamite cartridge exploded prematurcly,
killing twenty-seven men and injurtng
fcrty-eight others. OF the killed four were
officers.
A. B. DRuRY q Co, jewelers., Montreal,
have assigned. Liabilities heavy.
The party Of the Belgian Right will soon
hold Q meeting to consider the Personal
Military Service bill The Government an
nouoces that tho adoption Of the measure
will be made . Cabinet question.
A TERRIBLE explosion Of naphtha took
place the other day in drug store at Ant
werp. Ten persons were buried beneath
the burning ruins and three were rescued
badly injured.
n. NIcoLAIEPr, Bulgarian Minister ofWar,
in Q speech to the officers Of the army, asked
them to absolutely abstain from mixing in
politics and to give their whole attention to
the army. He said he was happy to be ablo
to declare that the training and discipline
Of the Bulgarian army was better now than
it had ever been while under the supervis-
ION of Russian instructors
The North German Gazette, referring to the
French Foreigners Tax bill, says the mo-
ment seems to have arrived for Germany to
ures which are being carried out in France
should not, in fully reciprocal manner, be
enforced in Germany, especially In Alsace-
Lorraine.
IT is said that the Dominion Government
has entrusted to Sir Frederick Middleton
the task Of reorganizing the militia of Can.
ada, in order to place it upon an efficient
footing. When carried out the scheme will
nearly double the force.
GENERAL LAMoUR, charged with attempt
ing to murder President Solomon. of Hayti,
has been sentenced to Imprisonment for life
at hard labor.
JAMES g. BLAINE was entertained at sup
per in London the other evening by Henry
Irving, the actor. He was to start on q
short tour through Scotland and Ireland
The Thistle again defeated the Irex In q
regatta of Scotland.
The Pope has decided to unite the do
ceses Of Wichita and Concordia with that
of Leavenworth, Kan, and the diocese OF
Lincoln and Cheyenne with that of Omaha.
The new Austro-Hungarian turret ship
Kron Prinz Rudolph was launched on the
9th at Pola on the Adriatic in the presence
of the Emperor and the Archduchess Marie
Theresa. The latter christened the vessel.
An immense fire ragged in Quebec on the
night Of the 9Th, breaking out in the bar
racks and threatening the arsenal and cita-
del.
A PORTION Of the land bordering on the
lake at Zug, the capital Of the canton Of
that name in Switzerland, went into the
lake on the 9Th with half Of the new quays.
Forty houses, q crowded inn and the Hotel
Zurich, afour- story structure, full of Wis.
itors, vanished entirely. One hundred per
sons persisted.
A RECENT dispatch from st. Thomas,
West Indies, says: Peter Barlow, who took
part in the American revolution, under
General Washington, has died in Demarara,
aged one hundred and thirty years.
ADvICEs from China state that rebellion
took place recently at Chang Chow, near
Shanghai, but was suppressed by the au-
thorities and ninety Of the conspiratOrs ex-
ecuted.
The imports in Great Britain in June
were 81, O,OOO less in value than in June.
1856, while the exports decreased e., ~, 600
for the same time.
PRINCE FERDINAND, Of SAKE Coburg-
Gotha, has been elected Prince of Bulgaria
by the SObranje. II the Powers refuse to
recognize his election the Sobranje intends
to abrogate the article Of the Berlin treaty
and proclaim the independence of the cOun-
try.
A DISPATCH from Madrid says the COM
mercial treaty between the United States
and Spain will be prolonged by the Spanish
Government at the end Of the present year.
The Bulgarian Cabinet has resigned be-
cause of disputes between the Ministers
and the Regents.
The June fire record shows the largest
fire loss of any June on record excepting
June, 1877, the month of the great fire at
st. Johns, New Brunswick. The total is
$40 Isl. 600 against 81, 80 coo for June, 1886,
and larger than the average of June fires
for ten years previous to 1856, by nearly
&4.OOO,O Oo
THE Pope has appointed the following
Kan; Rev. Richard Samuel, Of Concordia;
Rev. Thomas Bonacum, Of Lincoln, and
Rev. Maurice Bourke, of Cheyenne
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) during
the seven days ended July numbered for
the United States 136, and for Canada IS;
total. 154, against 1s1 for the previous week
and 179 for the corresponding week Of last
year.
ADvIcEs from Palermo report further
deaths from cholera All the ports Of
Southern Europe have quarantined vessels
arriving from Sicily.
The Irish Grimes bill passed its third
reading in the British House Of Commons
ON the Sth by vote Of $40 to 262.
THE LATEST.
THE grave charges against la.e Collecto or